Category: Poetry

W3 :: flip-flops into forever

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Flip-flops into forever


wear a scarf 
wear flip-flops
flip-flops are freedom
flip-flops are top
top of the world
top of my mind
mind lost
mind found
found leaves
found joy
joy is yellow
joy is red
red as blood
red as wine
wine is welcome
wine is a luxury
luxury in the breeze
luxury during sunset
sunset is inviting
sunset is orange
orange as sunflowers
orange is sweet
sweet teeth
sweet pumpkin 
pumpkin spice latte
pumpkin cake
cake for you
cake for summer
summer is leaving
summer’s farewell
farewell to shorts
farewell to the beach
beach’s waves
beach’s sand
sand in my toes
sand in my hair
hair is wet
hair is golden
golden as my scarf
golden as my ring
ring for the show
ring for connection
connection to nature
connection with love
love to you
love forever
forever fellings
forever dreams
dreams
fellings

I had fun writing this poem for W3 challenge this week. I’ve never heard of this poetry form before. Blitz poem! See the guidelines below.

Carol Anne’s prompt guidelines

This week’s challenge is to write a blitz poem! Here’s how it works:

  • Line 1: one short phrase or image (example: build a boat)
  • Line 2: another short phrase or image, starting with the same first word as line 1 (build a house)
  • Lines 3 & 4: each begin with the last word of line 2 (house for sale, house for rent)
  • Lines 5 & 6: each begin with the last word of line 4, and so on — keep repeating this pattern until line 48
  • Line 49: just the last word of line 48
  • Line 50: just the last word of line 47
  • Title: three words long, in the format (first word of line 3) (preposition or conjunction) (first word of line 47)
  • No punctuation

It sounds like a lot of rules, but once you get the hang of the rhythm it’s fun and fast-flowing!

For this week’s theme, allow your flow of writing to be guided by whatever you associate with the transition from summer to fall. Let the images and connections reflect that seasonal shift, even as the poem races forward with its own momentum.

Justing

Spotted this weekend in a river nearby
flow
with joy
time will tell
the right moment
not a second more
and not a second less
listen, your intuition
sailing in turbulent waters
let go of the grip, breathe in and out
sparkling water will show the direction

Joining the W3 prompt this week with an Etheree poem.

II. Violet’s prompt guidelines

Choose a word from The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows and make it the title of your poem. Your poem should either use the word directly or capture the essence of its meaning. Include a direct link to the word’s page so readers can explore its definition and origin. Write in any poetic form you wish.

I’ve chosen JUSTING, check the meaning here.

WDYS – memories

i used to go out
always
carrying my faithful companions
a journal, a camera and freedom
registering moments
as if they would disappeared
at any second
thoughts, images and details
now
the journals are piled up
in a corner of my closet
the photos are resting in a shoe box
and the memories are fading
i am alone

Joinins Sadje’s WDYS

Gateway

Enter at your own risk
You can find pleasure
You can find sorrow
It depends on your mindset

Enter at your own risk
The forest freshness
Can bring relief
But can also aggravate your feelings

Enter at your own risk
Each step counts
To be happy again or
To sustain the distress

Enter at your own risk
It’s up to you!

#WDYS

Hover

pixabay free image
in your hands, please hold it tight
believe your mind will take flight
the love exhales discover
allows your senses to hover

Could you guess the subject in this poem?

W3 challenge

II. Mich’s prompt guidelines

  • Form: Tanaga
    • (could be double, triple, etc.)
  • Theme: Love

Tanaga

  • Four lines (a quatrain);
  • Syllabic: Each line contains seven syllables (7-7-7-7);
  • Rhyming: It is usually a rhyming poem;
    • AABB is the traditional rhyme scheme;
    • Variations in rhyme scheme are allowed (like AAAA, ABAB, ABBB, AAAB, ABBA, and non-rhyming)

Pages


Pause
Breathe in
And breathe out
Blank pages wait
symphony of dreams
giving form to the notes
your faithful treasured freedom
jotting down the impossible
Smoothly guiding the pen through the lines
"Pause, breathe in and breathe out, blank pages wait"

Joining David’s W3 prompt:

Sarah’s prompt guidelines

  1. Form: Dectina Refrain
  2. Theme: ‘free’ or any variation of this word

Dectina refrain

  • Syllabic: Ten lines – 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10 syllables;
  • Refrain: The 10th line is comprised of the first four lines all together as one stand alone line in quotation marks.